Windows XP allows users to split their hard drives into partitions. A partition is a separate block of space on a drive which usually gets represented with a different drive letter. Partitioning a ...

Formatting your hard drive is very useful. It’s good for clearing everything off a secondary drive or when installing a new copy of Windows. Formatting is also good for cleaning up storage issues, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Large hard drives can be divided into partitions, which is basically segmenting part of the drive for individual use. This allows ...

I have a question that I hope the Ars experts can help me answer. Our NT server has one IDE drive in it, with 2 NTFS partions. The system partition is 3.4 GB's and the extended partition is 15GB's.

Editor’s note (1/12/10): For more-current advice, see “How (and Why) to Partition Your Hard Drive.” No matter the capacity of your PC’s hard drive, chances are that it’s set up to function as one ...

I recently nuked 2000 Server off my disk since I finally completed my MCSE and no longer needed the playpen OS.<P>Pre-XP my hd looked like this:<P>[18gb unpartitioned][19gb ext2][1.5gb linux swap]<BR> ...

Windows only: EASEUS Partition Manager is a hard drive partition utility that bills itself as a free alternative to the popular commercial product, PartitionMagic. EASEUS can resize and move ...

Re-sizing partition after Windows XP installation Several users have inquired about modifying the size of their Windows partition after setting up Boot Camp and installing Windows XP. So far, there ...

When you acquire a new business computer, you may see multiple drive letters such as C, D and E while viewing items in Windows Explorer. Although these drive letters may designate physical internal or ...